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The state senate in Kansas approved a bill on Friday that would ban a commonly-used abortion method in the state. Photo by Flickr user Jeffrey L. Cohen
Kansas’ state senate on Friday approved a bill banning an abortion procedure commonly used to...

For Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton, famous family members would play a role in 2016 runs. Bush photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images; Clinton photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Living in the shadows can be such a drag. But it’s demonstrably worse if...

New research suggests that Indo-European languages emerged from a single common ancestor language spoken on the Russian steppes more than 5,500 years ago. Photo by Johan Klovsjö/Flickr
Linguists have traced the roots of English, Hindi, Greek and...

Traffic on the 495 Beltway in the Washington, D.C.-metro area can get hairy during rush hour. Research indicates that women, especially with families, are disproportionately stressed from long commutes, which can affect their job prospects. Photo by...

“Selma” is nominated for best picture and best original song. Photo by Paramount Pictures.
1. The speeches in “Selma” aren’t Martin Luther King Jr.’s real words.
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Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown on assignment in Timbuktu. Photo by Molly Raskin
Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown is writing from Mali, where he is reporting for his series “Culture at Risk,” exploring the problems and solutions to arts...